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Just got some pals for my goose.

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so a little while back we had lost one of our girls due to an unfortunate accident. This left us with one goose remaining.  So a couple of days ago we brought home two ducks. They are muscovy female ducklings. right now we have them in their own little area that lets them be seen by our goose but nobody can hurt anyone. We let them meet yesterday and other than them being a bit littler that the goose(she is 4 months old) there was no problem. The ducks took to her like they were old pals. Our problem came after we cleaned her pool and she was in it and one of the ducklings decided to join her. She nipped at her and the got her by the neck and tried to hold her underwater. Fortunately I was standing there and I made my goose release her and got them all seperated again. My real question is does this mean that my goose will keep trying to drown them even though they seem to love her to death? Is there a trick to getting my goos eto be okay with them? Thanks in advance.

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Water seems to inspire mating in both ducks and geese.  If the goose was not aggressive under other situations, I am guessing that what you saw was mating behavior, and yes it is very possible that the goose could inadvertantly drown the duck.  Several drakes trying to breed the same hen frequently results in drownings.  You may have to limit/monitor their access to the pool.

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Okay, I can do that. Would that happen with all of them being female? Or is there a chance that my goose is a male and I didnt know it? I guess now I have to figure out how to tell that as well.
 

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Congrats on new buddies but I'm sorry you are having issues. I hope separating them helps. You can send a feather off for DNA sexing to find out what your goose is!http://www.avianbiotech.com/

Amy Beth. Zoo Mom to Cats, Dog, Lizards, Ducks, Chickens and Geese. Ducks: Pekins, FW runners, WH, Buffs, Black Runner, Golden 300s and Silver Appleyards. | Chickens: Buff Orps,  French Black Copper Marans, Bantam Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, TJs Leghorns, Naked Necks and EEs. | Geese: Brown African | 

 

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Amy Beth. Zoo Mom to Cats, Dog, Lizards, Ducks, Chickens and Geese. Ducks: Pekins, FW runners, WH, Buffs, Black Runner, Golden 300s and Silver Appleyards. | Chickens: Buff Orps,  French Black Copper Marans, Bantam Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, TJs Leghorns, Naked Necks and EEs. | Geese: Brown African | 

 

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